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flores: thank you, madam chair. i rise in spoth of my amendment, let me tell you what this amendment is not. it is not a poisoned pill designed to stop funding for sandy relief. it is not an amendment designed to delay aid to sandy victims. it is not an amendment designed to stop the much-needed aid to sandy victims. all the amendment does is stopped the -- is stops the ability to allow a crisis to be used by the white house to fund executive order 547 to zone the oceans. funding could be used for purposes like this. you can see that none of the money used for this program would be used to help sandy relief. that's just an example of what it would do. according to the noia website, the regional part for theship grant program was developed to include partnerships. executive order 547, set out in the president's final policy of the interagency ocean task force, back to the executive order. this amendment is essentially the same amendment passed in the c.j.s. that was part of the c.j.s. appropriations bill that passed
flores: thank you, madam chair. i rise in spoth of my amendment, let me tell you what this amendment is not. it is not a poisoned pill designed to stop funding for sandy relief. it is not an amendment designed to delay aid to sandy victims. it is not an amendment designed to stop the much-needed aid to sandy victims. all the amendment does is stopped the -- is stops the ability to allow a crisis to be used by the white house to fund executive order 547 to zone the oceans. funding could be used...
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broun: thank you, madam chairman. my amendment would strike $13 million in nonemergency funding, national weather services ground readiness project. this founding found in the frelinghuysen amendment is for work that is already under way as part of a yet unfinished state of art weather satellite system. it's my understanding that this particular amount is meant to speed up the preparations needed to get ready the data that will come from these new weather satellites, which is set to be launched two to five years from now. madam chairman, our hearts go out to the victims that are suffering from the devastation of hurricane sandy. in the wake of large storms like this, governments knee-jerk reaction is often to throw money at forecasting or storm modeling in order to prevent widespread damage in the future. unfortunately, even with the best imaginable system, forecasting systems, we would not have been able to prevent the structural damages which resulted from this particular storm. yet, here we are debating funding for
broun: thank you, madam chairman. my amendment would strike $13 million in nonemergency funding, national weather services ground readiness project. this founding found in the frelinghuysen amendment is for work that is already under way as part of a yet unfinished state of art weather satellite system. it's my understanding that this particular amount is meant to speed up the preparations needed to get ready the data that will come from these new weather satellites, which is set to be launched...
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madam clerk would you please call the roll. >> avalos, present. >> campos present, >> chiu presnet >> supervisor chiu: present >> supervisor cohen: present >> supervisor farrell: present >> supervisor kim: present >> supervisor mar: present all members are present. >> chairman: could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. we pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands. indivisible, one nation, under god, with liberty and justice for all. >> going to the next agenda item, are there any communications? >> the first is a communication from the director of the department of elections or to certifying the official election of the order supervisors. districts 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. and have been declared elected to that office. supervisor: mar, chiu, breed, campos, avalos. the second communication is a communication from the controller renewing the certification of the bond for the newly elected in the elected members of the board of supervisors. >> we will now proceed to the oath of office. >> i would like to welcome and intro
madam clerk would you please call the roll. >> avalos, present. >> campos present, >> chiu presnet >> supervisor chiu: present >> supervisor cohen: present >> supervisor farrell: present >> supervisor kim: present >> supervisor mar: present all members are present. >> chairman: could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. we pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands....
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madam clerk are there any communications? >> no communications. >> -- mr. mayor. >> good afternoon supervisors and of course members are constituents of san francisco welcome to our chambers. i want to congratulate the new supervisors as well and look forward to working with everybody four 2013. was good work. questions please. >> welcome mayor lee. i want to get some of your thoughts around healthcare cost overall. question today, rising healthcare costs accumulating with fiscal liabilities represent significant challenge. >> our obligations for providing quality and affordable health care for our city employees without jeopardizing the city's fiscal solvency is a priority of mine in the challenge that we have to take together. this year will spend 574 million dollars for the health care of our current employees retirees and dependents, about seven point eight percent of our city spending. in addition to annual bending for healthcare we have an equally significant issue on the horizon. the unfunded cost of paying for healthcare for all current employees on
madam clerk are there any communications? >> no communications. >> -- mr. mayor. >> good afternoon supervisors and of course members are constituents of san francisco welcome to our chambers. i want to congratulate the new supervisors as well and look forward to working with everybody four 2013. was good work. questions please. >> welcome mayor lee. i want to get some of your thoughts around healthcare cost overall. question today, rising healthcare costs accumulating...
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madam clerk could you please read the next item. >> members will proceed with election of the office of president of the board of supervisors. >> president: on january 8, the board of supervisors is required to select the president from its members with a majority vote under city charter. madam clerk can you describe the principles. >> boys requirements state that there are no extensions; all supervisors must vote; lowest vote getter is not obligated to withdraw the name and will continue to be included in subsequent ballots. nominated name can withdraw their name anytime. as the president stated in the event that no nominee receives a majority vote the shelby additional roll calls until the nominee receives the majority and president is elected. the names of the supervisors who have been nominated for the election to the office a board president are: supervisor david chiu, supervisor cohen supervisor kim. board rule 5/20 states that the roll call vote will take place enough of a quarter. supervisor avalos will begin with you. please indicate your preference from among the money stat
madam clerk could you please read the next item. >> members will proceed with election of the office of president of the board of supervisors. >> president: on january 8, the board of supervisors is required to select the president from its members with a majority vote under city charter. madam clerk can you describe the principles. >> boys requirements state that there are no extensions; all supervisors must vote; lowest vote getter is not obligated to withdraw the name and...
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madam clerk could you go to public comments. >> the next item on the agenda is the opportunity for the public to address the board for two minutes under the purview of the board, particularly for the nomination of president of the board. a person using a translation system will be allowed twice the time. total testimony may be limited to 30 minutes. please make your way to the chamber door now; a by majority vote the board chooses to reopen nominations additional public comment would be in order but specific to the nominations at the time. >> thank you madam clerk. if there are members of the public watching these proceedings from other venues within city hall and you wish to speak in public comment make your way up to the chamber. will provide youth with opportunity. two minutes per speaker. two minutes. >> [indiscernible] (speaking in a foreign language) ladies and gentlemen, my name is abdulla -- [indiscernible] i am coming today to tell each one of you happy new year. happy new year for our supervisors who are coming to replace another one who left us. i have the courage to tell to
madam clerk could you go to public comments. >> the next item on the agenda is the opportunity for the public to address the board for two minutes under the purview of the board, particularly for the nomination of president of the board. a person using a translation system will be allowed twice the time. total testimony may be limited to 30 minutes. please make your way to the chamber door now; a by majority vote the board chooses to reopen nominations additional public comment would be...
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. >> thank you, madam president, this it will be the district website tomorrow. >> great, assuming we pass it. roll call please. >> ly. >> yes. >> wong. >> yes. >> fewer. >> yes. >> haney. >> yes. >> maufas,>> yes. >> murase. >> yes. >> wynns. >> yes. >> unanimous. >> thank you. next item is -- let's see, informational items. initial proposals. i announce the signing of the following two proposals. 2012-13 initial proposal for a successor collective bargaining agreement from the san francisco unified school district, and 2013-13 initial proposal for a successor collective bargain agreement, both will be held on january 22, 2013. discussion of other educational, issues none. and item n, none. item o, we will vote on the calendar for one item that was severed. roll call. >> ly. >> yes. >> wong. >> yes. >> fewer. yes. >> haney. >> yes. >> maufas. >> yes. >> murase. >> yes. >> wynns. >> aye. >> item p, consent calendar resolutions, this our audit, 2-c, and our auditor is in the audience. >> i first want to congratulate president norton and vice president fewer, on your new titles. we have
. >> thank you, madam president, this it will be the district website tomorrow. >> great, assuming we pass it. roll call please. >> ly. >> yes. >> wong. >> yes. >> fewer. >> yes. >> haney. >> yes. >> maufas,>> yes. >> murase. >> yes. >> wynns. >> yes. >> unanimous. >> thank you. next item is -- let's see, informational items. initial proposals. i announce the signing of the following two...
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madam clerk. >> >> supervisor breed: aye >> supervisor cohen: aye >> supervisor farrell: aye >> supervisor kim: aye >> supervisor mar: aye >> supervisor wiener: aye >> supervisor yee: aye >> supervisor avalos: aye >> president: motion approved. tentative map is approved. let's go back to item 20. >> can we do this same house same call. , ordinance passed first reading . item 21. >> supervisor wiener. >> supervisor wiener: this is an exciting item to landmark twin peaks tavern, on castor street. an exciting day for the castro and lgbt community. the bar has recently celebrated its fortieth anniversary. twin peaks was the first gay bar to be open and visible from the street in terms of windows where you could see inside the bar. that was a huge step. and a coming up for our community for so many years gay bars have been hidden away so you cannot see inside. it was very secretive. as our community cannot, twin peaks helped lead the way by having a bar. you could see who was inside. it welcomes all ages. we have a continuing challenge in the lgbt community of celebrating youth to the point tha
madam clerk. >> >> supervisor breed: aye >> supervisor cohen: aye >> supervisor farrell: aye >> supervisor kim: aye >> supervisor mar: aye >> supervisor wiener: aye >> supervisor yee: aye >> supervisor avalos: aye >> president: motion approved. tentative map is approved. let's go back to item 20. >> can we do this same house same call. , ordinance passed first reading . item 21. >> supervisor wiener. >> supervisor...
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pascrell. >> thank you, madam chair. ranking member slaughter, members of the committee, i want to thank you for allowing me to testify today. i also like to recognize my cosponsors of the amendment then going to speak about, congresswoman. the imminent that we offer is a table. it strikes the language in the other and in which based on epa region to. in other words, new york/new jersey eligible for epa state title a system. and it replaces it with bipartisan senate passed language ensuring that all states that receive a major disaster regulation due to hurricanes and received a scratch but the amendment also ways air force veteran. since hurricanes and get our state in late october members of the -- across east coast have come together to demand the same treatment for our constituents as we have afforded to those the gulf coast following hurricane katrina. and to those in the west following listing wildfires. and to so many others, when disaster struck their community. all we ask is a timely appropriations of disaster a
pascrell. >> thank you, madam chair. ranking member slaughter, members of the committee, i want to thank you for allowing me to testify today. i also like to recognize my cosponsors of the amendment then going to speak about, congresswoman. the imminent that we offer is a table. it strikes the language in the other and in which based on epa region to. in other words, new york/new jersey eligible for epa state title a system. and it replaces it with bipartisan senate passed language...
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and madam clerk do we have any other items before us? >> no mr. chr app >> hey, guys, known a with the weekly. much to do and much to see. here the top activities at the top of my list. this tuesday, january 15th, the sf main library will feature free film night and reception and celebrate 2013. join itbs for viewing soul food junkieses, history and cultural significance of soul food, black cultural identity. across the street from the library at grove street. after movie might, learn about the 21st sea lion anniversary. this thursday through next monday, pier 39 will feature sea lion experts and celebration of 23rd anniversary of their arrival. become sea lion savvy and learn about marine life and state conservation on sea lay i don't know encounter. need to shed holiday pounds or want to bike ride? great. this saturday you're invited to bicycle with the san francisco midnight mystery ride as they set out to a new mystery location in sf. where to meet, post their locationses on the website and facebook page to answer. only the ride leader know
and madam clerk do we have any other items before us? >> no mr. chr app >> hey, guys, known a with the weekly. much to do and much to see. here the top activities at the top of my list. this tuesday, january 15th, the sf main library will feature free film night and reception and celebrate 2013. join itbs for viewing soul food junkieses, history and cultural significance of soul food, black cultural identity. across the street from the library at grove street. after movie might,...
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i want to thank sfgtv for their work broadcasting this meeting, and madam clerk if you could chair with us your announcements. >> please make sure to silence all electronic devices. speaker cards and any documents should be submitted to the clerk. >> okay. do you want to call the roll? you call the roll on puc. >> yes. >> president torres. >> here. >> commissioner. >> here. >> commissioner moran commissioner caen and cortni are both excused from today's meeting. >> okay. that serves as items one and two. let's call our hird item. >> third item opening remarks and expectations for the joint meeting. >> okay. actually let's just call -- let's just call items four and five along with that and we can have our opening remarks that will cover all these items. >> item four is general update on the cleanpower sf. item five is discussion on the san francisco public utilities commission and for the education plans for the choice aggregation and cleanpower sf program. >> okay. very good. colleagues it's a really as president torres as said it's a momentous occasion, historic occasion we had. we im
i want to thank sfgtv for their work broadcasting this meeting, and madam clerk if you could chair with us your announcements. >> please make sure to silence all electronic devices. speaker cards and any documents should be submitted to the clerk. >> okay. do you want to call the roll? you call the roll on puc. >> yes. >> president torres. >> here. >> commissioner. >> here. >> commissioner moran commissioner caen and cortni are both excused from...
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i am honored to be the first governor to be able to say welcome, madam president. [applause] [applause] mr. speaker, madam president, the state of our state is strong and blessed and leading america and a number of key areas. let me begin tonight by saying that kansas is truly a special place. a state that chose freedom when the darkness of slavery divided our nation. a place where the world learns to fly and bounce a basketball. a place where a boy born in a log cabin 200 miles north of edmonton, canada, could become speaker of the kansas house. what an amazing place. [applause] [applause] >> that sounded cold to me. yes, kansas is a special place and our own. when our country seems a draft, kansas leads to the stars through difficulty. in an era when many believe america has lost its way, kansans know the difficult path that our nation must take. it is the well-born, saw the tracks of hard work, thrift, patients, perseverance, faith, sacrifice, and family that will get us where we want our country to go. and as been our tradition since statehood, we will not be t
i am honored to be the first governor to be able to say welcome, madam president. [applause] [applause] mr. speaker, madam president, the state of our state is strong and blessed and leading america and a number of key areas. let me begin tonight by saying that kansas is truly a special place. a state that chose freedom when the darkness of slavery divided our nation. a place where the world learns to fly and bounce a basketball. a place where a boy born in a log cabin 200 miles north of...
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madam chair, i pledge to support you and to support all my other colleagues with the congressional black caucus to make a difficult task safe and to protect the lives of our children and families from gun fire and a culture of violence. . ms. fudge: i thank the gentlelady from ohio for participating. we certainly know how difficult this is going to be as we move forward, but i'm pleased. thank you so much. i yield to the gentleman from new jersey who has joined our caucus. representative donald payne junior. pain pain mr. speaker, let me -- mr. payne: let me begin by thanking my chairwoman, fudge for anchoring this evening's special order on the culture of violence. coming together to address unviolence and bullying in america is long overdue. there must be something extraordinarily do truly curb these atrocities from occurringing in our community. too many innocent men, women and children have died because of the ease of access to illegal firearms. 15 of 25 of the worst mass shootings in our history have occurred in america in the last 50 years. harvard injury control research center st
madam chair, i pledge to support you and to support all my other colleagues with the congressional black caucus to make a difficult task safe and to protect the lives of our children and families from gun fire and a culture of violence. . ms. fudge: i thank the gentlelady from ohio for participating. we certainly know how difficult this is going to be as we move forward, but i'm pleased. thank you so much. i yield to the gentleman from new jersey who has joined our caucus. representative donald...
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madam chair thank you for inviting me to testify i am also recognize my co-sponsors. the amendment we offer is simple it strikes the language of the frelinghuysen amendment to make new york and new jersey eligible and replaces it to ensure they all received a major declaration receive the grants. as hurricane sandy hit members across the east coast expect the same treatment of constituents and for those with the wildfires and from when disaster struck the community we just ask for timely appropriation to begin that process. congress has affirmed when a disaster hits with in this together. but italy makes in new jersey eligible to fail to meet this standard. maryland and delaware and every state that received a declaration with the infrastructure funding to protect the water resources. i request with all states affected by hurricane sandy king get the funding. i yield back. >> our hearts cry out to the victim's of hurricane sandy. with the chairman's words urgently needed to fill the immediate need for emergency recovery. no doubt. but this budget deficit and bailout w
madam chair thank you for inviting me to testify i am also recognize my co-sponsors. the amendment we offer is simple it strikes the language of the frelinghuysen amendment to make new york and new jersey eligible and replaces it to ensure they all received a major declaration receive the grants. as hurricane sandy hit members across the east coast expect the same treatment of constituents and for those with the wildfires and from when disaster struck the community we just ask for timely...
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davis: thank you, madam speaker. no law -- this is the 27th amendment. no law varying the compensation for the services of the senators and representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. mr. goodlatte: and that concludes the reading of the united states constitution. i want to thank the gentleman who arrived and were available but we ran out of constitution before we ran out of readers and i want to thank all the readers and members who participated in this important reading. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess >> until then, a conversation this morning with representative scott rigell. host: we have been talking about this news conference that the president held yesterday. i want to show you a little bit of what he had to say and get your reaction. >> congressional republicans refuse to pay america + bills on times, and social security, veterans' benefits will be delayed. we may not be able to honor contracts with small b
davis: thank you, madam speaker. no law -- this is the 27th amendment. no law varying the compensation for the services of the senators and representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. mr. goodlatte: and that concludes the reading of the united states constitution. i want to thank the gentleman who arrived and were available but we ran out of constitution before we ran out of readers and i want to thank all the readers and members who...